“Shoes, handbags and ready meals aren’t normally associated with rainforest destruction and climate change, but we’ve found a smoking gun” - so said Sarah Shoraka, Greenpeace forest campaigner, to the Guardian this week. The smoking gun is a three year investigation into the global trade of Brazilian cattle products, a trade that fuels the likes...

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

So every single time you turn on the TV there is something about an MP and their dodgy expenses and they're either saying they will pay the money back or resign from their position. We as a nation showed those arrogant muppets that we aren't going to stand for it. We want a change in the political system where the MPs make us their priority,...

Submitted by lance.boyd

The MPs are suffering for their sneaky ways with the public's money. Hip hip hurrah for the Climate Rush girls! On Monday they'll be welcoming MPs back from a brief holiday with a protest cycle around London (you can find details if you want to join in on the Climate Rush website), which will, I assume, aim to disrupt traffic and generally remind...

Submitted by Bibi van der Zee

This week, oil giant Shell will appear in court charged with crimes against humanity for their alleged role in the deaths of nine environmental protestors. Fourteen years ago, the leaders of the Movement of Survival for Ogoni People were executed by the Nigerian authorities for highlighting the abuses of companies like Shell, and the way that the...

Submitted by Kevin E.G. Perry